Kabloona


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Kabloona

(kəˈbluːnə)
n
(Peoples) (in Canada) a person who is not of Inuit ancestry, esp a White person
[from Inuktitut]
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In its employment of Inuit "legend," this novel at least partly replies that "When the Tuunbaq dies because of the kabloona [non-Inuit] sickness, the spirit-governors-of-the-sky knew, its cold, white domain will begin to heat and melt and thaw.
Along the way, Ottawa took the unusual step of commissioning an independent review of the draft plan, which pronounced the document "reasonable" (Kabloona 2014).
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In the Arctic, the Eskimos (now called Inuit) will call you a Qallunaaq, but will accept you saying Kabloona, or even Kodlunarn.